Posted By Natalie Meisler On April 21, 2011 @ 5:19 pm In Colorado State University | No Comments

The conference formerly known as the Big 12 before Colorado and Nebraska bolted will take take on a definite Mountain West influence in men’s basketball.

The headliner, of course, is Lon Kruger ditching Sin City for Norman, Okla. As soon as Wyoming’s Amath M’Baye hit the open market with an immediate purge by new coach Larry Shyatt, Kruger grabbed him for the Sooners.

Previously, Utah promising junior Will Clyburn left for Iowa State instead of following the Utes to the Pac-12.